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A group of people sit around a stage of musicians set up in a record store, some standing and others sitting on chairs, a sofa and the floor.
Pasadena's Healing Force wants to turn the Beastie Boys' old studio into one of LA's chillest venues
The record store and venue, a destination for local musicians and music fans, is fundraising to move to a bigger space.
TV rooms came true. Self-cleaning kitchens didn’t. Inside LACMA’s ‘Home of the Future’
Gallery view of mid-century modern chairs in blond wood and leather displayed on a white platform, with two blue anatomical blueprint-style drawings on the left wall and a colorful modular shelving unit and lamps on a pedestal at right.
SoCal's gay bar scene isn't what it used to be. There might be a silver lining
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FilmWeek: 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'You Can See Everything,' 'La Bola Negra' and more
A female-presenting person with a long, blonde half-up, half-down hairdo is center frame, wearing a bluish-green zip-up jacket. She smiles and looks down at a diaper in her hands. On the right, a baby sits with its back facing the camera. On the left, a male-presenting person with short, dark hair stands a few feet behind the female-presenting person while wearing a black sweater. He is out of focus, but it is clear that he is looking at the female-presenting person with a straight face. All three are in a room with orange walls, lit by a set of three windows.
Chuck Lorre on getting TV viewers to laugh
A person in a navy suit smiles while holding an award at a podium with a green draped backdrop.
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  • James Franco Published A Poem About Los Angeles In Which He Spells 'Los Feliz' Wrong
    Professional dilettante James Franco has published a poem that wrestles with Los Angeles' bloody colonial origins. It's been praised as "perfect," "the essence of L.A." and Ginsberg-esque by the commenters of Instagram, but of course it's hilariously bad.
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  • Former MOCA Director Mistakes P. Diddy As Kanye West At Art Event
    Talk about feeling awkward. Jeffrey Deitch, the former controversial director of MOCA, greeted P. Diddy with "Hi, Kanye" at Miami's huge Art Basel festival on Thursday.
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  • This Is Why Everyone Hates L.A.: Nikki Finke's Tweet About Nelson Mandela
    A few years ago we were peeved by the New York Times' cheap shot at our arts scene, writing that Los Angeles is "where interest in culture starts and ends with movie grosses and who is on the cover of Vanity Fair." And then Nikki Finke went and proved them right.
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  • Alarming Study Finds 70 Percent Of Silent Films Are Gone For Good
    A good chunk of our film's silent film heritage—from Cleopatra to our first 3D film— are gone forever, according to a new study.
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  • Amanda Bynes Is Home For The Holidays
    Amanda Bynes is back at home living with her parents after an involuntary stay in rehab.
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  • Autopsy Reveals Details About How Paul Walker Died
    The official autopsy released by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office today shows that Paul Walker died from both the crash's impact and the subsequent fire.
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  • Elan Gale Claims 'Diane' Was Fake, Still A Jerk
    via Gale's Twitter account On Thanksgiving Bachelor producer Elan Gale created a mini reality drama on his flight, broadcasting Tweets to his followers about a woman named "Diane." As you no doubt know, the Tweets described a woman who voiced complaints about the flight being delayed, and escalated from Gale sending her a glass of wine with a passive aggressive note to handing her several notes requesting that she, well, eat his penis. In...
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  • RZA Creates Touching Tribute To Paul Walker
    Only two days after the tragic death of Paul Walker, Wu-Tang Clan member RZA has already released a song honoring the late 'Fast and Furious' actor.
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  • Dental Records Needed To Identify Paul Walker's Body, Memorial Goes Up At Crash Site
    The makeshift memorial at the crash site early this morning (via Joy Benedict on Instagram) Yesterday afternoon actor Paul Walker, best known for his role in the Fast and the Furious movies, died in a car crash just outside of Los Angeles. His friend, Roger Rodas, was driving the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT at the time of the collision. The two had been taking part in the "Reach Out World Wide" Foundation charity event,...
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  • Stars React To The Death Of Paul Walker
    Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and Tyrese Gibson attend the 'Fast & Furious 6' World Premiere on May 7, 2013 (Getty) Last night the shocking news of actor Paul Walker's untimely death spread quickly around the internet—for a short time people believing it was another celebrity death hoax. Unfortunately it was not—Walker died in a car crash on Saturday afternoon just outside of Los Angeles as he was departing a "Reach Out World Wide" Foundation...
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